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Fort Smith board approves Kraft plan; Movie lounge plan withdrawn

The Fort Smith board of directors unanimously cleared the way Tuesday night for an up to $20 million expansion of the Kraft (Planters Peanuts) operation in Fort Smith. Although Kraft…

28th Annual Winfest Music Festival

Ball Park Ave, Winslow, AR–$5 @ the gate.. Vendors, horseshoe tourney, and much more! LIVE Music from… Kelly Road Noon-12:55 Isayah’s Allstars 1:10-2:10 Willin ‘n Able 2:25-3:25 Daedalos 3:40-4:45 3¢ Genius…

Willin-N-Able at Neumier’s Rib Room on Garrision Ave

Come enjoy the live music of Willin-N-Able in Fort Smith while you’re enjoying some of the best BBQ in the area!! Willin-N-Able will be performing as the acoustic duo…

College football recap, Week 1: Boise State and TCU are still pretenders

story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] IF Jacksonville State was to run the table during their 2010 football…

German POW-built Chaffee amphitheatre to be renovated; part of bike trail

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Work is underway to restore an amphitheatre that was likely built by World War II prisoners of war on former Fort Chaffee land. “It’s my…

Area building permit values down 31% in August; Greenwood posts gain

Fort Smith area building activity — the one bright spot in The Compass Report for the second quarter of 2010 — is on a downward trend entering the second half…

The Arkansas Election Line: 2nd District race ‘Safe Griffin’

Editor’s note: Three closely watched political journalists based in Little Rock have joined to form The Arkansas Election Line — an ongoing assessment of key political races in Arkansas. Roby…

SEC Recap, Week 1: Biggest loss ever for Houston Nutt; LSU holds on

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] It’s hard not to lead with, presumably, one of the top wins…

We wanna be rich

More money wins out over smarts and youth.

Local Author Signs Copies of I Sit in a Wheelchair…But I Will Be Okay”

I wrote a book called "I Sit in a Wheelchair…But I Will Be Okay. This book was published in Feburary of this year by Stragetic/Eloquent Books. This is about a…

Fort Smith board to review riverfront ‘opportunity analysis’ plan

A “major national retirement home builder” and the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball are the only letters of interest received as part of a development plan along the riverfront…

Expectations, excuses and excellence

There was to be a clever tag line at the end of this essay in which I would brilliantly wrap up the point that students in public school systems perform…

Manufacturing deduction

Potts says a new tax law is beneficial but tricky.

Scholarship forum scheduled at Southside High School

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Parents of seniors have one short year to secure funding for college-bound students, and Southside High School counselors want to do everything they can to…